Spontaneous Resolution of Chronic Subdural Hematoma in Children: Case Report.
- Author:
Jeong Taeg LIM
1
;
Yong Soon HWANG
;
Jae Gon MOON
;
Han Kyu KIM
;
Hwa Dong LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Kosin University, Pusan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Chronic subdural hematoma;
Spontaneous resolution;
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Adult;
Child*;
Hematoma;
Hematoma, Subdural, Chronic*;
Humans;
Infant, Newborn;
Male;
Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
1996;25(7):1531-1536
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Presented here in are two cases of chronic subdural hematoma in children which were spontaneously resolved. The first case has developed as the complication of a ventriculoperitoneal shunt in bilateral cerebral convexities of a 14-year-old boy while in the other case, the hematoma was developed in the posterior fossa of a 19 days-old neonate are complication of delivery. The etiology, clinical couse, treatment and mechanism of spontaneous resolution of chronic subdural hematomas in children and adult are discussed.
